Informations sur naissance

Année de naissance:
1879
Lieu de naissance:
Hulme, Lancashire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Informations générales

Profession:
Marchand

Informations service militaire

Pays:
Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
Force armée:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Rifleman
Numéro de service:
Z/2414
Incorporation date:
01/09/1914
Incorporation nom de lieu:
Manchester, Lancashire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
Unités:
 —  The Rifle Brigade, 11th Bn.  (Dernière unité connue)

Informations sur décès

Date de décès:
27/09/1917
Lieu de décès:
Cement House, Belgique
Cause du décès:
Died of wounds (D.O.W.)
Âge:
38

Cimetière

Cement House Cemetery
Parcelle: I
Rangée: D
Tombe: 10

Distinctions et médailles 3

1914-15 Star
Médaille
British War Medal
Médaille
Victory Medal
Médaille

Points d'intérêt 2

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Mon histoire

Rifleman John Rogerson, a salesman from Manchester, served in the 11th Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, part of the 59th Brigade, of the 20th (Light) Division.

After John’s Battalion had participated in the Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, near Langemark, capturing ‘t Goed ter Vesten Farm, it was relieved during the night of the 23rd and 24th September 1917. The 11th Rifle Brigade moved back to their encampment at Redan Farm. On the 27 September 70 other ranks were attached to the Royal Engineers. They were tasked with forming carrying parties, to supply the frontline positions near Langemark. During this operation one man was wounded. It’s likely that this man was 38-year-old John Rogerson.

On the 30 September 1917, the 3rd Field Ambulance Station reports that Rifleman Rogerson had died of wounds on 27 of September 1917. He was buried at Cement House Cemetery near Langemark, named after "Cement House" a fortified farm building on the Langemark-Boeszinge road. This cemetery was begun at the end of August 1917 and used by field ambulances and units in the line until April 1918.

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Ancestry
https://www.ancestry.com/
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CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/98058/rogerson,-john/
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Naval & Military Archive
http://www.nmarchive.com/
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The Long, Long Trail
https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/
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William W. Seymour, The history of the Rifle Brigade in the War of 1914-1918, Part 2, London: The Rifle Brigade Club, 1936, p. 152-153.
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